Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L

Name: Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
Start: 1986-01-28T16:38:00Z
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).

Mission Details

Launch date: January 28, 1986 at 04:38 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Space Shuttle
Operator: Lockheed Space Operations Company
Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission type: Human Exploration